1. |
Spreading Lies
03:39
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you could hear the lies for days...
piled high into the sky
blocking out the sunlight
you could see them through the haze
tied as shackles, tight,
roping hope into a slide
as smog rolls to the eastern side
keep on spreading lies
only holding onto ties
for change to which you will not bind
keep on spreading lies
just to get another taste
my, how quickly nature
falls into revolt
when gold becomes the aim!
myopic and afraid
roping hope into a slide
as smog rolls to the eastern side
keep on spreading lies
only holding onto ties
for change to which you will not bind
keep on spreading lies
poorly held, then cast aside
the masks come off the hate in time
but they keep on spreading lies
(instrumental)
just to keep us in our place
well below the rarest air
you could hear the lies for miles
oh, it's so lonely up in space
fear for the failures keep them
roping hope into a slide
as smog rolls to the eastern side
keep on spreading lies
only holding onto ties
for change to which you will not bind
keep on spreading lies
holding on until the dawn
brings a revolution on
keep on spreading lies
poorly held, then cast aside
the masks come off the hate in time
but they keep on spreading lies
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2. |
The Artificer
03:28
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Picks up the pieces of the memory of the goal
Kept in a cabinet with a fractured moral code
Then wheeled into town to tell the ghosts of those who're dead and bones
Overly satisfied with the punchline of the joke
of the joke
(instrumental)
The Artificer crafts the blade and the Common-Wealth
But the laws of nature pull the string that threatens its health
And underneath that line: the peace and lives of all the contractors
Underneath that line: the makers' faults will burn the string that holds
the sword above
but nobody knows
nobody knows
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3. |
Slumbering in the Cold
01:53
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4. |
The Leviathan
03:31
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if matter in motion
makes a decaying sense
and that eternal image is internal to the force
that leaves the door open
to the wilderness
and we've tried to survive but it's hard to keep on the horse
we are an animal
we are an animal
we are an animal
a love of contention
and wary of misery
the blood's clotting more as the cancer is in the beast
we are an animal
we are an animal
we are an animal
(instrumental)
we are an animal
we are an animal
we are an animal
we are an animal
we are an animal
we are an animal
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5. |
Levitating
03:02
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one day is everything
one night between the peace and pain
and the calling that your world has changed
you want everything
the blood of the host, the common-wealth
and the treasure that may bleed from its cells
staying won't do you any favors
and leaving leaves a bitter flavor
but how can you feed and stay here now?
how?
(instrumental)
you want everything
from the stars above to the dirty ground
and the commons that you need and that fell
staying won't do you any favors
and leaving leaves a bitter flavor
but how can you feed and stay here now?
how?
you were levitating
a million feet above the ground
a chaotic frenzy that mires every weaker cell
you were levitating
you were levitating
you were levitating
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6. |
Apparitions or Visions
01:44
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7. |
No Sympathy
02:44
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I keep on waiting for you
to lift me up before I fall
no hand-holds, no sympathy
that cancer is in us all
to infect the common-wealth
and spread to its bones
that cancer of avarice
just won't leave us alone
(instrumental)
any one of us could wake
and tear apart this peace
hoard the wealth and capital
hoard the trust and ease
you wake up in the morning now
have a hair of the dog
stare at a moving photograph
waiting like a cog
in a machine
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8. |
Abuses of Speech
02:55
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9. |
The Power of the Game
02:38
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war and peace
woe and chum
stealing smart and talking dumb
stepping on some throats and grabbing tongues
sow the seeds
of deepest hate
keep them questioning their fate
by pointing their fingers down below
witness
the hunger strike
the illusion fight
and the lies we're fed on
this is the power of the game
sell them dreams
and fantasies
let them win vicariously
choosing a disease to cure a cold
head full of lies
close your eyes
if things seem wrong don't realize
things are very right for those above
witness
the hunger strike
the illusion fight
and the lights we've left on
this is the power of the game
witness
the hunger strike
the illusion fight
and the lights we've left on
this is the power of the game
(instrumental)
witness
the hunger strike
the illusion fight
and the lies we're fed on
witness the power of the game
witness
the hunger strike
the illusion fight
and the lights we've left on
this is the power of the game
witness the power of
this is the power of the game
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10. |
Remembrance
00:53
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11. |
Songbook of Truth
03:39
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A drink like wine
can pass the time
when I'm hungry but I got no food
a love like mine
can take some time
to understand the changing mood
as daylight sheds
and moments slip
to autumn blues
the songs like leaves
may change their beats
and their tunes
a winter's song
once got so long
as to consume all the remaining year
a thing like time
can change the tide
and wear away at what you fear
as seasons follow
one by one
the poles will move
and summer's ease
won't write the song
book of truth
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Sunil K Chopra Chicago, Illinois
based in Logan Square, Chicago, IL
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